Assassin's Creed 2

Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor produced a new gameplay trailer today, but it hasn’t gone down well with one former Assassin’s Creed developer, who claims it contains evidence of assets from Ubisoft’s series.

Assassin’s Creed 2 will be released as part of the Games with Gold incentive on Xbox Live July 16. Confusion on the matter arose just yesterday when it was implied the game would not see a release in July. Apparently that is not the case after all. At any rate, the date is now confirmed […]

Halo 3 and Assassin’s Creed 2 are going free as part of Microsoft’s new scheme, which sees two retail games given to Xbox Live Gold subscribers each month. The games will still cost you at the time of writing, but they’ll be going free at some point this month, so consider this your heads-up warning.

Ubisoft has sent over an updated release schedule of titles slated for 2012, and it looks as though double packs for Assassin’s Creed, Rainbow Six Vegas, Splinter Cell and Far Cry 2 are on the way in March.

Ubisoft has announced Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood will be available for digital download over PSN August 3 for €29.99. Alongside the game, 10 avatars at a price of €0.49/ £0.40 each and two of these, Ezio and the Harlequin, will be exclusive to PS Plus users and come free with purchase of ACB HDD. The firm […]

The Major has put up a list of what you can expect to hit Xbox Live Marketplace, and highlights this week include the Liars and Cheaters pack now available for Red Dead Redemption, L4D2: The Passing as the DotW, and Lara Croft Anniversary as this week’s Game on Demand. Get it all below.

Yesterday, a report from PC Gamer surfaced stating that since an internet connection’s required to play Assassin’s Creed II on PC, should you lose your internet connection while playing, all progress would be lost and you would be taken back to the menu screen. Ubisoft says that’s not the case.

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Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor produced a new gameplay trailer today, but it hasn’t gone down well with one former Assassin’s Creed developer, who claims it contains evidence of assets from Ubisoft’s series.

Assassin’s Creed 2 will be released as part of the Games with Gold incentive on Xbox Live July 16. Confusion on the matter arose just yesterday when it was implied the game would not see a release in July. Apparently that is not the case after all. At any rate, the date is now confirmed […]

Halo 3 and Assassin’s Creed 2 are going free as part of Microsoft’s new scheme, which sees two retail games given to Xbox Live Gold subscribers each month. The games will still cost you at the time of writing, but they’ll be going free at some point this month, so consider this your heads-up warning.

Ubisoft has sent over an updated release schedule of titles slated for 2012, and it looks as though double packs for Assassin’s Creed, Rainbow Six Vegas, Splinter Cell and Far Cry 2 are on the way in March.

Ubisoft has announced Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood will be available for digital download over PSN August 3 for €29.99. Alongside the game, 10 avatars at a price of €0.49/ £0.40 each and two of these, Ezio and the Harlequin, will be exclusive to PS Plus users and come free with purchase of ACB HDD. The firm […]

The Major has put up a list of what you can expect to hit Xbox Live Marketplace, and highlights this week include the Liars and Cheaters pack now available for Red Dead Redemption, L4D2: The Passing as the DotW, and Lara Croft Anniversary as this week’s Game on Demand. Get it all below.

Yesterday, a report from PC Gamer surfaced stating that since an internet connection’s required to play Assassin’s Creed II on PC, should you lose your internet connection while playing, all progress would be lost and you would be taken back to the menu screen. Ubisoft says that’s not the case.

Ubisoft’s confirmed that a new Assassin’s Creed game is to release in its coming fiscal year. It’ll be the first in the series to have an online multiplayer mode. The company also said today that Assassin’s Creed II has exceeded the 6 million units sold mark, and fully expects the title to reach 9 million […]

Apparently, some Assassins Creed 2 players are reporting a glitch that traps the player in the Hideout with no way out of it. The error occurs when players save and shut the console down after finishing Chapter 11. Upon restarting, the only way to escape the Hideout is to begin the game anew. CVG has […]

Looks like Assassin’s Creed II has been given the Digital Foundry treatment with the latest Face-Off between the 360 and PS3 versions of the game. Here’s the final analysis: “It’s fair to say that while Assassin’s Creed II has a number of important advantages on Xbox 360, the crucial thing is that the improvements to […]

Assassin’s Creed II reviews are starting to go live, and the general consensus is that you should go get the game, yesterday. It landed on US shores today, and the official release date for Europe is November 20, but will we will see how long that street date lasts. Here’s a list of reviews, and […]

Good Lord, what a massive day in game releases. Those with fat wallets will be having a field day, swimming around on the floor with all their lovely games. The rest with anorexic wallets will just have to pick one and wait on Santa to bring more – or get some from a very giving […]

Ubisoft has released the full version of its Assassin’s Creed II short film, Lineage, which fills you in on the story leading up to the game. CVG has all four parts posted, for your viewing pleasure. It was announced on Thursday that the first part of the short had been viewed 1.7 million times in […]

A new video released by Ubisoft for Assassin’s Creed 2 introduces us to Ezio’s arms dealer, Leonardo da Vinci. It’s a rather short video, basically detailing his weapons like his dual blades and his secret gun. No, that is not a euphemism. It’s a real gun, perverts. Watch on through the break.

We asked you what you wanted to know about Assassin’s Creed II. You gave us questions. We went to London and asked them to game director Benoit Lambert. He answered them. The results are below. For the record, what we saw of the game – a mission in Venice – looked incredible. Did you get […]